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I Should Have Known Better

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I Should Have Known Better

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i got in a tussle

with a stranger on the train

his face was familiar

but i couldn't place the name

it got to be ugly

threats were made

i hope that no-one who could see

would be someone who'd know you

i had a small run-in

with a driver and his wife

you might call it road rage

but the guy outdid the light

considered nothing

i held my ground

and now that it's over

i've said that there must be

a better way

i keep it in mind

eight times out of nine

i'm wrong or i'm right

it's not worth a fight

but what's hard to define

makes it tough to decide

you don't realize

until after it has begun

whether this is the one

i probably knew better

i probably knew better

consider nothing

i held my ground

and now that it's over

i'll say that there must be

a better way

i keep it in mind

eight times out of nine

i'm wrong or i'm right

it's not worth a fight

but what's hard to abide

it's tough to decide

we don't realize

until after it has begun

whether this was the one

i probably knew better

i probably knew better

i probably knew better

i probably knew better

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